Calendar-holder.



No. 634,343. Patented-Oct. 3, I899.

E. A. HENKLE.

CALENDAR HOLDER.

(Application filed may 20, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD A. I-IENKLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CALENDAR-HOLDER.

's' PEcInIcAT'IoN forming part of Letters latent No. 634,343, datedOctober 3, 1899.

Application filed May 20, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. IIENKLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inCalendar-Holders, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to calendar-stands, and especially to that typeof stands designed for holding calendars composed of sheets of papersuperimposed one upon another to form a pad or block, each sheet bearingthe data concerning a particular day and the sheets being consecutivelyarranged according to the days of the year, the arrangement being suchthat the sheets may be successively removed or detached to indicate thedays in their chronological sequence.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, andconvenient stand of the nature referred to which may be rapidlymanufactured at a Very small cost' and by means of which the calendarmay be firmly held and supported in place and at the same time permitthe sheets to be detached and removed without leaving an unsightly stubattached to the pad or its holder.

To these ends my invention consists in the features and in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed, reference being had to the accompan yin g drawings, formingpart of this speciiication, wherein Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved stand, and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the calendar inplace on the stand.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a skeleton or openframe approximately of the form and size of the calendar it is designedto hold. The frame is stamped out from a thin metallic plate and is madein skeleton form for the sake of lightness and economy in the metalemployed.

Stamped out from one end of the frame is a leg 2, which when bent downat substantially a right angle to the frame supports the stand in aninclined position to bring the top of the 'calendar'into convenient viewwhen the stand is placed on a desk or the like.

Struck up from the blank on each side of the leg 2 are bendableinelastic flat prongs 3, which are bent vertically upward at rightSerial No- 717,5'74. (No model.)

angles to the framel. As shown, the prongs are flat from end to end andcomparatively thin and narrow to enable their upper ends to be readilybent back or over'and to avoid the necessity of forming large holes inthe calendar, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Struck up from the opposite sides of the frame, adjacent to its upperend portion, are cars or lugs at, while a similar ear or lug 5 is struckup from the lower end.

The upper end of the frame is bent up at a right angle to form acontinuous ear or lug 6, the purpose of said flange and ears or lugsbeing to embrace the edges of the calendar and hold it against lateralmovement onthe stand.

In practice the entire device is stamped out and struck up from a singlesheet-metal blank of the proper size and shape, enabling the stand to bemanufactured at a very small cost.

The pad constituting the calendar has two holes or perforations 7 formedin its upper end portion, said holes being formed at the proper pointsto register with the prongs 3, and the upper edges of the sheets formingthe calendar may or may not be united by an adhesive, as may bepreferred.

In practice the calendar is placed on the frame 1 of the stand, theprongs 3 projecting through the perforations 7, after which the upperprojecting ends of the prongs are bent backward, as clearly shown inFig. 2 of the drawings, thus securely holding the calendar in place onthe stand, the edges of the calendar being embraced by the flange andears or lugs in the manner before described. To detach a sheet, it isonly necessary to grasp its lower end and tear it off, the prongsoperating to sever the sheet completely through from the perforations toits edge, whereby no ragged and unsightly stub is left on the pad, butevery part of the sheet is at once completely detached.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A block-calendarstand, consisting of a flat metal frame formed integral at one end.portion with a struck-up bendable supporting-leg and struck-up,bendable inelastic prongs, the leg and prongs bent in oppositedirections relative to the frame and said prongs constructed to passthrough perforations in the block-calendar and be subsequently bent overthe upper sheet thereof, substantially as described and shown.

2. A block-calendar stand, consisting of a fiat, skeleton frame formedintegral with the end lugs 5 and 6, side lugs l, and the bendablesupporting-leg 2 and bendable, fiat, inelastic prongs 3 at one endportion, the leg and prongs bent in opposite directions from one edge ofthe skeleton frame and the prongs constructed to pass through theblock-calendar and be subsequently bent over the upper sheet thereof,substantially as shown and described.

3. A block-calendar stand, consisting of a EDWARD A. HENKLE.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. HEIMZ, E. PERCY TEAL.

